---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric vehicles and advanced technology."
description: "Establishes the electric vehicle product commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1168"
citation: "Indiana HB 1168 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES generally", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Dealers and Manufacturers", "SALES AND USE TAXES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "James Buck", "Michael Crider", "Michael Karickhoff"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cf18a37-db19-469d-8087-469bd0ea1d76"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1168"
source_hash: "74f8e528d1ed553326b3ae5760aff28e2303fb0ce5fd80870c4758b12b945980"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1168 (2021) — Electric vehicles and advanced technology.

Establishes the electric vehicle product commission.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1168/versions/HB1168.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1168/versions/HB1168.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1168/versions/HB1168.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1168/versions/HB1168.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1168/versions/HB1168.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1168 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **45–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- James Buck — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
- Carey Hamilton — coauthor (person)
- Chris Garten — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
- Ethan Manning — coauthor (person)
- Frank Mrvan — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- John Crane — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-07** Coauthored by Representative Hamilton
- **2021-01-07** Authored by Representative Karickhoff
- **2021-01-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08** Representatives Manning and Sullivan added as coauthors
- **2021-02-08** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
- **2021-02-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 106: yeas 93, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Senator Buck added as second sponsor
- **2021-03-11** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-16** Representative Sullivan removed as coauthor
- **2021-03-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Amendment #1 (Garten) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Representative Clere added as coauthor
- **2021-03-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 276: yeas 45, nays 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Senator Crider added as third sponsor
- **2021-03-29** Senators Garten, Doriot, Crane, Mrvan added as cosponsors
- **2021-03-30** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-06** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-08** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 383: yeas 88, nays 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26** Public Law 128

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cf18a37-db19-469d-8087-469bd0ea1d76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).